La Chasse aux Papillons

Being swarmed by insects was never more stylish.

• Kate MacDowell’s Buzz looks like one of Ovid’s forgotten tales of metamorphoses, the one in which our hero doesn’t merge with nature. Her white porcelain sculptures depict an uncomfortable, even destructive interaction between man and nature.

• This Netsuke, dating back to the 19th century, is a small wood container that would have been attached to a man’s robe to store small personal belongings.

• Elsa Schiaparelli’s Necklace is part of her 1938 Pagan collection inspired by the flora and fauna of Botticelli’s paintings. By framing the metal creatures in clear Rhodoid, she turns the rather unpleasant sensation of insects crawling on your skin into a fashion statement.